Machine for removing the skins from peanuts and the like



Dec 25', 1923.

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A. E. HALL MACHINE FOR REMOVING THE SKINS FROM PEANUTS AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 8, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 25, 1923.

taint "l" Fl ARTHUR EUGENE HALL, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T ELLEN ETHALL, OF

SYRACUSE, "NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOB REMOVING THE SKINS FROM PEANUTS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed November 8, 1921. Serial No. 513,775.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTPUR EUGENE HALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Machine for Removing the Skins from Peanuts and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object a machine for removing the skins from peanuts and for similar purposes, which machine isparticularly simple in construction, and highly efficient, durable and rapid in use.

The invention consists in the novel f atures and in the combinations and constructions herein fter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a machine embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of parts seen in Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is an of my invention,

Figure 4 is a trally of Fig. 3.

This machine comprises generally, a passage for the peanuts or other articles to be operated on, tie passage being open at one side, a brush or wiper carrier having brushes arranged to wipe along or over such open side, the brushes being usually sponge rubber.

The carrier is preferably a disk and the brush is carried on the side face of the disk and the disk arranged flatwise against the open side of the passage.

In Figs. 1 and 2, 1 designates the passage which is shown arranged in vertical position and having a hopper 2 at its upper end for receiving the peanuts, the passage 1 having two sides as its oppo ite sides open. 3 and 1 are the brush ca 'fiers suitably mounted so that their margins move on opposite sides of the passage 1 and along the open sides, that is, the margins of the carriers lap each other and the passage 1 extends between the lappingmargins. Said carriers are mounted on axes extending transversely of the passage 1 and on opposite sides thereof and the axes are arranged at aright angle to the planes of the open sides.

5 designates the brushes or wipers carried elevation of another form parts being removed. sectional view taken cenon the side faces of the carriers 3, 4; these brushes being preferably sponge rubber.

The carriers 3, 4t are mounted upon suitable axles 6,7 carriedin suitable supports, not shown, and having pulleys 8 and 9 for connection to any source of power. These carriers rotate in opposite directions so that their lapping margins move in the same direction as vertically, and one rotates at a. greater rate of speed than the other. Owing to the fact that the margins of the wipers travel in arcs and to the fact that the passage 1 is straight, the nuts are given a wiping movement transversely and longitudinally and also a rolling movement, all of which movements effect the complete removal of the skins. The peanuts may be fed into the hopper in any suitable manner, and as here shown, they are fed by a suitable conveyor constructed to arrange the peanuts end to end so that they drop endwise through the passage 1. This conveyor is here shown as a" belt 10 running over double conical pulleys, that is, pulleys having V-shaped peripheries so that the belts also take a V-shape in cross section. The peanuts with the shells removed feed from the hopper 13, and are arranged in alinement in the V groove of the belt and are fed one by one into the passage 1.

In Figs. 3 and 4, a passage 14 open at one side, is shown, this passage extending across the side face of the rotatable brush carrier 15, and extending around the hub 16 of the carrier 15. This passage 14 is open at one side only and the carrier 15 which is provided with brushes 16 on its side face is arranged so that the brushes wipe along the open side of the passage.

Owing to the arrangement of the passage, the brushes on the upper side of the carrier move transversely in one direction across the upper end of the passage 14, then lengthwise of the passage around the central part thereof extending around the hub 17 and then again transversely in the opposite direction around the portion of the passage opposite the lower side of the carrier 15. This complex action of the brushes removes all of the skins asthey tend to turn or retate the nuts in the passage.

What I claim is:

1. In a machine for removing the skins from peanuts, comprising means for providing'a passage for the nuts, the passage being open along one side, and rubbing means en'- gagingthe nuts in the passage through the open side at a plurality of points, the means providing the passage being arranged, so that, the passage is vertical and open along the vertical side, whereby, the nuts feedbing means movable along the opposite open sides of the passage, one of saidcarriers being movable at a different rate of speed than the other, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A machine for removing skins from peanutscomprising means providing a passage open at opposite sides thereof, rotatable carriers mounted on axes extending trans;- versely of the passages, said'carriers having their margins movable on opposite sides oi" the passage and provided with rubbing instruments movable along the open sides of 4. A machine for removing skins from peanuts comprising means providing a passage open on opposite sides thereof, rotatable carriers mounted on axes extending transversely of the passages, said carriers having their margins movable on opposite sides of the passage and provided with a rubbing instrument movable along the open opposite sides, one of said carriers being moable at a dilferent rate of speed than the other, substantially as and for the purpose described. i

5. A machine for removing skins from peanuts comprising a passage open on opposite sides thereof, and rotatable carriers mounted on opposite sides of the passages on axes extending transversely of the passage,

the carriers havingtheir margins movable along oppositesides of the passage and provided with a rubbing instrument wiping along the open opposite sides, substantiall j as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name atSyracuse, in the county of'Onondaga, and State of New York, this 31st day of October, 1921. i

; ARTHUR EUGENE HALL, 

